Any new planes are a welcome addition for me. The WWII bombers hopefull out next month.
Any new planes are a welcome addition for me. The WWII bombers hopefull out next month.
If they got a Beaufighter on the go I wonder if we will see a Bristol Beaufort
Yes, the A-8 would have been a better choice I think to go head to head with the Spitfire Mk.IX they are giving us.
The P-51S is most likely going to come in Pacific theater markings, as it is intended to go up against the Ki-84 (it's main opponent in the war). While I love that they are giving us a P-51 (the most iconic US plane of the war by far), I personally would have rather seen a P-38 or F4U-4 for the Pacific.
But hey, at least we are getting word of the late war planes coming out!
Thanks for the Me110 paint guides, have got distracted so I am doing up an AIM one.
I was talking to CappyTom ( :earsburning: ) today, and I have to say your right about a P-38 or F4u-4 to go against the Ki-84.
When you think P-51, you think Europe, hands down. I look at the lineup, and I see a marketing mismatch. The Spitfire, Dora and Mustang in the European corner, and the Frank tooling along by itself. And again, the Dora is late, and not as iconic as the
A models.
Karl
Really great painting guide. I know the gifted painters will have a great time with thses.
The Shape of Things to Come? (and might have done 2 years earlier)
Note the Nexus not Ares logo. This product never appeared, though the design was at least partly complete.
So I think we have an idea what may be available in cards/decks, if not models. Probably models though eventually. Ki.45, Pe-2, Do.17, B.R.20.Wings of War expansion kit with heavy fighters and two-engine bombers for the Second World War and the Spanish Civil War.
Bf.110, Beaufighter, Ki.45, Pe-2, Do.17, He.111, B.R.20 and B-25 are featured in several sub-variants, with color schemes of different nationalities.
The design was totally complete.
The choice of planes was made, as usual, to use the maneuver decks in the box at their best. So there were very interesting planes, and othes less so but inserted since we judged they could share their decks. So yes, good guess - it would be handy to make them as miniatures since they are already designed... But I think that once the deck synergy becomes far less important - there will not be shared decks in the same pack - other more interesting planes will come first. B-17 and Lancaster, for example, are already being prototyped, and other multi-engine planes will appear for sure before our Fiar B.R.20 (even if it is not too bad - it took part to the Battle of Britain, among the many Italian campaigns, and it was even used by China and Japan).
Any chance a P -38 Lightning will come out in a future multi engine set? Great plane, famous plane, and a good selling plane for sure! The big difference is its speed compared to the other multi engine planes we Arron the verge of getting.
If they stay with bombers how about a Betty for Japan and a CantZ for the Italians. There are escorts already here so that may be a thought.
CRAP !! a Beaufighter, I will now have to by the whole damn WWII game just to fly one of those. Would be nice to see a Mosquito as well though.
Mind you I could go bankrupt at this rate.. (hmmm I can just hear the faint sounds of the 633 Squadron theme - taunting me, lol)
Great models, and the 110 and the Heinkel He111 will certainly mean some full on Battle of Britain action (with apologies to those who prefer the sunny seas of the Pacific)
So when do I get my beastly Black Widow with special advantages in nighttime games and its scorching load of .50s and cannons? LOL
So I figure you with one Black Widow and maybe 6 Zeros?
By day, or a nighttime scenario where the first warning you get that the Widow's even there is a bunch of new holes in your airframe? LOL I'd say that bird would need some special rules to reflect that it was specifically optimized to own the night at the cost of daytime handicaps...
Well, with the Lancasters coming out next year(?), I figure we'll have to come up with night rules soon, anyway.
Maybe when the '110 and Beaufighter come out, Zoe will have enough data to figure a deck for the 'widow.
Karl
I kid, gents, I kid. Just wanted to poke a little fun at the "When do we get [insert favorite here]?" crowd...
Any chance of the B-17 being retooled into a B-40 escort-gunship variant later? Twin .50s each waist position plus two dorsal turrets oughtta give Langenase Dora nightmares for sure...
From the SPIEL 2012 in Essen, Germany
Sweet! Any close up photos of those?
Tomorrow i will attend the SPIEL myselfe. I will take pictures with my crappy mobile phone cam.
Wow! They all look great. I love the Gladiator and black beau fighter!
I wonder when these will become available? Hoping Spring 2013 personally
Same photo posted in the officers room. Looks like Beaufightesr/Me110/CR42 and Gladiator. All look great and can't wait for the news of the release date.
Ares posted on Facebook today that WGS Series IV was 'clearing (US?) customs at the end of this week'.
Not long to go now.
Did they take that post down? I'm not seeing it on their Facebook page .
Really would like a date on those! Gotta set funds aside!
Hi Daniel
The comment is not on the WoG Miniature page but on the ARES Games facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/AresGames
Thanks!
I hope they can be released this week. I am hoping to get the set when I go to Cold Wars next weekend.
Scheduled on March 25th. Official from the Ares Web site
Thanks for updating us Casey!
Sweet, time to get some ordered.
Just a question:
I wonder how much damage points the Bf110 & the Beaufighter will have?
The tail sections block the sight to the numbers on every picture.
Only you could get away with that one Zoe!!!!!!!!!!
Reminds me of a story a mate told me who served at Butterworth, Malaysia back in the '80's..............
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Finally we have a street date:
http://www.aresgames.eu/7965
Hoping there will be no more delay!
Marco
Good information, Marco!
Max shows the 110 with a damage of 20 and the Beaufighter at 24.
I got my shipping notice from Ares, so my supply is already making it's way to me.... so no delays for these guys!
I am reminde of the saying about buses - you wait a long time and then several come together. Will my bank account stand it?
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